Ohio has gone "deep red" over the past two decades and, as a consequence, the Buckeye State is the target of an attempt by the hard left to use its dark money machine to gerrymander to permanently favor the blue jerseys. They are doing it via Ohio state ballot Issue 1. Every serious...
Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a state constitutional amendment, Issue 2, to ban noncitizens from voting. It was one of many ballot initiatives dealing with election integrity in this year’s elections. The Columbus Dispatch reported that Issue 2 had passed with 77.1% support from ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Abortion wasn’t technically on the ballot in Ohio’s special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House, but in Ohio, it’s a contest further down the ballot that’s been getting the bulk of the attention in the Nov. 5 general election.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state's 2024 ballot.
Previously, state Senate President Matt Huffman, a Republican, has suggested that lawmakers could come back with another proposed amendment next year that would undo Issue 1, although they would have only a six-week window after Election Day to get it on the 2024 primary ballot. ...
Casinos: Land-based casinos are legal in Ohio with four currently in operation in the state’s four biggest cities. However, online casino gambling and poker remain a gray area. State lottery: The state lottery is also legal in Ohio and you can participate if you’re 18 or older. ...
While citizen-initiated constitutional amendments currently require a simple majority to win approval, state Republicans in May voted to send a resolution raising that bar to a 60% supermajority to the electorate. The 60% vote proposal, known as Issue 1, will be on the ballot for an Aug. 8...
The change would apply to amendments on all subjects, but the campaign has become a proxy test of attitudes about abortion in the state. Almost everyone agrees Republicans and their allies in the anti-abortion movement have advanced this proposal to end majority rule ...
DeWine and other Issue 1 opponents have sought to separate the six-week bill from the debate over the ballot initiative, arguing it’s easier to change a state law than it is to amend the state constitution. “If we can defeat this amendment, which I certainly hope we can, it will give...